“They just did quick trips through the neighbourhood and they didn’t really do all the streets,” said Mark Faulkner, who lives on one of the few streets that is covered in Alderwood, but whose mother lives on a nearby that isn’t.

Further east, The Pocket, east of Greenwood Ave. and the Danforth, has also been left out.

Tom McLoughlin, who lives in the area, says he never uses Google Maps and prefers old-fashioned paper.

But “if someone’s coming to my house, it could be harder to give them directions if they can’t recognize my house online,” he said.

“It’s unfortunate in some ways. You hate to be the part of the city that’s left off, like it’s a black hole that doesn’t exist,” Faulkner said. “But if it’s an oversight, or it’s something they haven’t got to yet, then I don’t think it’s a big deal.”

Google Canada says they try to cover as many streets as possible, but occasionally miss the odd one or two because of road work or human error.

It's also possible that a street was photographed, but shadows or poor visibility made the images unusable.

Aaron Brindle, a Google Canada representative, said the StreetView team was in the Toronto area this summer.

“Keep an eye out for updates in the near future!” he said.

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